Steam & Excursion > New Excursion Train: Butte - Anaconda, MT

A new excursion train service, the Copper King Express, is starting up this year. It operates on the former Butte, Anaconda & Pacific which is now the Rarus Railroad. The train consists of a Rarus GP-7 and two ex-CN coaches and runs on a 26-mile line between Butte and Anaconda. Judging by photos from the following website, it seems like a scenic route.

The railroad's ad in Classic Trains says they run from Anaconda to Butte. And the RR website says: "Unless noted, The Copper King Express departs at 12:00 noon from our museum located at 300 West Commercial Avenue, Anaconda, Montana." But that tidbit isn't too prominent, it's at the bottom of the "Tickets" page.

wlankenau Wrote:
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> The railroad's ad in Classic Trains says they run
> from Anaconda to Butte. And the RR website says:
> "Unless noted, The Copper King Express departs at
> 12:00 noon from our museum located at 300 West
> Commercial Avenue, Anaconda, Montana." But that
> tidbit isn't too prominent, it's at the bottom of
> the "Tickets" page.

I got my information from an article on the railroads of Silver Bow Canyon in the latest issue of The Mainstreeter, the quarterly publication of the Northern Pacific Railway Historical Association.